Formerly
in charge of Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division side Eynesbury
Rovers, Ducket joined the club in January and has demonstrated over the past
three months that he has the hunger, desire and competence needed to take the
Eagles forward.
A
statement from the club reads: “At a virtual committee meeting last week, all
members agreed that it was right to give our full support to Mark as we go into
next season. He was fully aware that decisions about the future of the role
would be made in April, and after last week’s announcement that this season was
over, the club have acted quickly to cement his position and start building for
the new campaign.
“We’re
also delighted to announce that assistant Martin Standen, and coaches Ronayne
Marsh-Brown and Gil Octave have all agreed to continue in their roles next
season.”
Speaking
to the Eagles official website, owner and director Jon Taylor said: “It was a
real pity that the season had to end how it did, as I thought the team was
starting to click and we started to get some real team spirit and cohesion
amongst the lads. The players in the last five or six weeks have been superb.
Their attitudes and will to pull together is only a testament to the management
team and this has been well co-ordinated by Mark Ducket, the manager. If the
league had carried on and in our current form we could of been sneakily
knocking on the door for a play-off spot - personally the players and
management team would have been 100% deserving of this too as they have all
been committed to the cause and dedicated to the job in hand.
“I
have on behalf of the other owners and the club committee decided the right
decision would be to re-employ Mark and his management team at the helm for our
next challenge to get out of Step 4.
“The
manager and his team have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to assemble a
promising squad that with a few additions could be certainly a side to be
reckoned with. I have been very happy with the results in the last two months
and I don’t believe that there are many young managers with the appetite and
ambition to take our great club forward. Since Mark’s arrival he has been very
good with the group of players and he has also got us playing some
constructive, creative, attacking football with mainly a three-man pronged
attack.
“He
definitely deserves the chance to recreate the optimism he had with the last
few weeks - it will be up to him and his team to ensure we are hovering around
the play-off spots all season. I am confident that the decision I have made to
keep Ducks on will only be proven by the results on the pitch and he has the
ability as a young and energetic manager to aspire to this. I know Mark is a
highly driven individual, who has good knowledge in the game with players and
contacts and I am very confident he will work his socks off to bring success
back to the Eyrie. This will be nothing less than what we as a club all
deserve”. |